§ 6e. Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1922

   Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 4e, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 5, 49 Stat. 1495 · 49 Stat. 1495

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6e

   Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 4e, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 5, 49 Stat. 1495

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 4e, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 5, 49 Stat. 1495

2. 1974

   Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974

   Pub. L. 93–463 title I § 103(a) · 88 Stat. 1389

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6e

   Pub. L. 93–463 substituted “Commission” for “Secretary of Agriculture”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–463 substituted “Commission” for “Secretary of Agriculture”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) By 7 USC 6, 6a, 6c–6g, 6i, 7, 7a, 8, 9, 11, 12, 12–1, 12a, 12b, 13b, 16. striking the word “Secretary” and the words “Secretary of Agriculture” wherever such words appear therein (except where the words “Secretary of Agriculture” first appear in section 5(a)(7 U.S.C. 7) or where said words would be stricken by subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section) and by inserting in lieu thereof the word “Commission”.

3. 1992

   Futures Trading Practices Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–546 title II § 207(a) · 106 Stat. 3590

   Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 6e

   Pub. L. 102–546 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor broker in executing any orders for the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery, or involving any contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery, on or subject to the rules of any contract market unless such person shall have registered, under this chapter, with the Commission as such floor broker and such registration shall not have expired nor been suspended nor revoked.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–546 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor broker in executing any orders for the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery, or involving any contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery, on or subject to the rules of any contract market unless such person shall have registered, under this chapter, with the Commission as such floor broker and such registration shall not have expired nor been suspended nor revoked.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Requirement.— Section 4e (7 U.S.C. 6e) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 4e. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor trader in executing purchases and sales, or as floor broker in executing any orders for the purchase or sale, of any commodity for future delivery, or involving any contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery, on or subject to the rules of any contract market unless such person shall have registered, under this Act, with the Commission as such floor trader or floor broker and such registration shall not have expired nor been suspended nor revoked.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 102–546, title II, § 207(c), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3604, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 6f, 6g, 12a, and 13a–2 of this title] shall become effective one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1992], and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall issue any regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this section no later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act.”

4. 2000

   Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

   Pub. L. 106–554 § 1(a)(5)(tI)(s123)(a)(6) · 114 Stat. 2763

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 6e

   Pub. L. 106–554 inserted “or derivatives transaction execution facility” after “contract market”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 106–554 inserted “or derivatives transaction execution facility” after “contract market”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) H.R. 5660, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial